Pushing pedal to the metal at the box office, the alien robots in Michael Bay’s Transformers crashed through the record books during the film’s debut week, hauled in $246.1 million internationally, and easily recouped production and marketing costs for co-producers DreamWorks SKG and Paramount. By the end of the second weekend, box office receipts for the blockbuster visual effects film neared $370 million.
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Scott Farrar (center) with ILM's Russell Earl (left) and Transformers D.P. Mitch Amundsen on set in Detroit.
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Comments (7) for "ILM's Scott Farrar on Transformers, and the Transformation of Digital Effects Work"
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I usually think heavy CG movies will be heavy crap, but seeing Scott Farrar on Transformers got my hopes up. You talked about the "wow" and I definitely muttered that more than once throughout the film. The work was stunning in places and I send thanks to all the animators who spent countles hours to make such stunning images.
Posted by Bob Geile on Thursday, July 26, 2007 @ 02:23 PM
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I thought Farrar and the crew at ILM did a great job in making the Transformers look real to life in the film. I've gone three times now just to watch the details, and it holds up very well between the CG and live actions. I was impressed.
Posted by Jack Horn on Thursday, July 26, 2007 @ 09:59 PM
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I'm so glad CG is now embedded firmly in story and character. A big tip of the hat to the whole crew.
Transformers was extremely fun. The CG on top of the motion controlled camera moves are just breathtaking.
Posted by andy bird on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 @ 10:17 AM
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I love any type of CG. Crazy about Pixar Films and I have Maya PLE at home. I can't fathom how the effects for Transformers were made. They are freaking awesome. Wish I could make sweet stuff like that.
Posted by Ryan on Saturday, August 25, 2007 @ 04:37 PM
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the effects in transformers were state of the art. in the climax you could see robots moving on top of live actors as the camera rolls below them. breathtaking
Posted by ganesh on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 @ 02:41 AM
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If the future is to include a believable
'Virtual Reality' venue then it comes out of this kind of work. Outstanding.
Posted by Farrar Goldberger on Friday, November 23, 2007 @ 01:34 AM
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visual effects was like something impossible i felt it was made after 20 years of hard working
Posted by tariqdesign on Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 07:45 PM
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